Bloomsbury

Overview

Bloomsbury is a nice change of pace from the chaos of Kings Cross to the North, being mostly quiet residential streets.

It features the University College London and the British Museum - all grand, classical buildings - but also lots of nice human-scale Georgian shops and terraces.

I was particularly taken with Lamb’s Conduit Street - a leafy partially pedestrianised road with many good coffee & lunch options.

Photo of a residential street
Photo by me, a house neither you nor I can afford.

Things to do

British Museum

Museum housing a vast array of historical artefacts from across the globe.

Price
Free - Some paid exhibitions
Website
britishmuseum.org
Hours
Mon-Thu
10:00 – 17:00
Fri
10:00 – 20:30
Sat-Sun
10:00 – 17:00
Last entry
15m before closing
Photo of the Great Court of the British Museum
Photo by Nicolas Lysandrou on Unsplash

Wellcome Collection

Museum and library with exhibits about health.

Price
Free
Website
wellcomecollection.org
Hours
Mon
Closed
Tue-Wed
10:00 – 18:00
Thu
10:00 – 20:00
Fri-Sun
10:00 – 18:00
A vibrant sculpture showing a reclined figure
Photo by me, a pretty memorable exhibit.

Speciality Coffee

Store Street Espresso

Nice coffee shop featuring guest roasters. Lots of seating but goodness me the entire population of London descends upon the place at lunchtime.

Roaster
Square Mile
Website
www.storestespresso.co.uk
Hours
Mon-Fri
07:30 - 18:00
Sat
09:00 - 17:30
Sun
09:30 - 17:00
A clock and two portraits in the Courtault Gallery
Photo by me. Outside. In the rain.